Railway car



2 Sheets-Shet l INVENTOR w. E. WINE RAILWAY CAR Filed Aug. 11, 1931 Jan.17, 1933.

flyATTORNEYs w w m U o o o o o uHlhHH UHIIHH U I HHHI I I I h HH l l l-HH H H HAW 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR BY zdszm 5., ATTORNEYS Jan. 17,1933. w. E. WINE RAILWAY CAR Filed Aug. 11. 1931 1 iiiwz hi my PatentedJan. 17, 1933 UNITED STATES WILLIAM E. WINE, F TDLEDO, OHIO RAILWAY CARApplication filed August 11, 1931. Serial No. 556,434.

My invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to new andimproved means for strengthening and bracing the sides of freight carsof various types. The

principal object of the invention is to provide strong and efficientside wall bracing members of such a shape and form as to afford amaximum distance between those on one side of the car and those on theopposite side to enable unloading devices such as clam shell buckets andthe like to be moved freely longitudinally within the car.

A primary feature of the invention consists in providing the side wallof the car with a strengthening member having a side stake portion and abrace portion, said portions being rigidly connected by a plurality ofmembers disposed intermediate the ends of the brace portion.

Another feature of the invention consists in integrally connecting theside stake and brace portions of the side wall strengthening member by aplurality of angularly disposed members one of which extends upwardlyfrom adjacent the lower end of the side stake portion.

A further feature of the invention con sists in providing the car with aside stake and brace member which extends downward 39 ly and inwardlyfrom the upper end of the side stake, the side stake and brace beingintegrally connected by a plurality of members one of which extends atan oblique angle to the side stake and the other of which extends at asubstantially right angle thereto.

A still further feature of the invention consists in integrallyconnecting the side stake and brace by a plurality of vertically spacedmembers, the portion of the brace between said members extending at anangle to the respective portions of the brace between the ends thereofand said members.

()ther and more specific features of the invention residing inadvantageous forms, combinations and relations of parts will hereinafterappear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the inventionFigure 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view of apor- 59 tion of arailway hopper car.

Figure- 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the combined side stake andbrace.

Figure 4 is an end view of the construction illustrated in Figure 3 asviewed from the left hand side of that figure.

Figure 5 is an end elevational view of the construction illustrated inFigure 3 as viewed from the right hand side of that figure.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the construction illustrated in Figure 3.

Figures 7, 8, 9, 10 are respectively enlarged detail sectional viewstaken on lines 77, 88, 99, and1010 of Figure 3.

lVhile the car chosen for purposes of illustrating the invention is ofthe hopper type it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art thatthe invention is applicable to railway cars of other types.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 indicates the center sillsof the car and 2, a cross bearer which may conveniently extend from oneside of the car to the other above the center sill. The cross bearer maybe of any desired form, but the one chosen for purposes of illustrationis of channel shape having a substantially vertical web 3 and upper andlower flanges 4 and 5 respectively. As the car is of hopper type it isprovided with inclined floor sheets 6, which diverge downwardly onopposite sides of the cross bearer. The side walls of the car preferablycomprise side sheets 7 which are secured at their upper ends to toprails 8 and at their lower ends to side sills 9. As the car if of thetype known as a maximum width car the upper portions of the side sheetsincline upwardly as at 10 but terminate in substantially verticalportions 11 for attachment to a depending flange 12 of the adjacent toprail. The side sills 9 of the car are of a well known type involving aninclined web portion 13 and substantially vertical top and bottomflanges 14 and 15 respectively. As may be observed from Figures 1 and 2of the drawings, the outer edges of the floor sheets 6 are flangedupwardly for attachment to adjacent portions of the side sheets 7 andside sills 9.

Disposed within the car adjacent the opposits ends of the cross bearerare the side wall strengthening members each of which involve a sidestake portion 16 and a brace portion 17. The side stake portion ofsubstantially T-shape having a flange 18 rigidly secured by rivets 19 tothe adjacent side sheet and an inwardly extending stem 20. At its upperend the flange of the side stake portion inclines inwardly as at 21 toconform to the inclined portion 10 of the side sheet and it terminatesin a substantially vertical portion 22 for attachment to the inner faceof the depending flange 12 of the adjacent side top rail by rivets 23.At its lower end the flange 18 of the side stake conforms to the contourof the adjacent side sill for attachment thereto by rivets 24. Moreover,the inwardly projecting stem 20 of the side stake affords convenientmeans to which the adj a cent end of the cross bearer may be rigidlysecured. i

The brace portion 17 which diverges downwardly with respect to the sidestake portion 18 is formed integrally with and merges into the latteradjacent the upper end thereof. The brace is also of substantially T-shape in cross section having a flange 25 extending along its inner edgeand a substantially vertical stem 26 projecting toward and lying in thesame plane as the stem 20 of the side stake portion. Adjacent'the pointof intersection of the side stake and brace portions the stems of theseportions continue upwardly as one and in effect form a web 27 connectingthe flanges 18 and 25 and while the portion of the flange 18 adjacentthis web is offset as pointed out above, the adjacent portion of theflange 25 extends upwardly in a preferably vertical direction. Adjacentthe point of intersection of the side stake and brace portions theirflanges 18 and 25 respectively may advantageously be inte rallyconnected by substantially horizonta 1y extending ribs 28 disposed onopposite sides of the web 27.

Intermediate its extremities the brace portion is integrally connectedto the side stake portion by a plurality of vertically spaced angularlydisposed members 29 and 30. The member 29 is disposed above the member30 and extends in a substantially horizontal direction normal to theside stake portion while the member 30 extends upwardly at an obliqueangle from the side stake portion intersecting the latter adjacent itslower end and adjacent the adjoining end of the cross bearer. Each ofthese members may advantageously be of cruciform configuration havingflanges 31 and 32. The flanges 31 are disposed in vertical planes andform continuations of the stems 20 and 26 of the side stake and braceportions. Flanges 82 of the while the flanges 32 of the member 30 aredisposed in inclined planes and although they are integrally connectedto flange 25 of the brace member they terminate short of the flange 18of the side stake, merging into the stem of the latter.

If desired, the edges of the flanges 31 and the portions of the stems 20and 26 bounding the space between the members 29 and 30 may be formedwith rigidifying beads or ribs 33. Moreover, the lower edge of theflange 33 of the member 30 and the free edge of the portion of the stem26 which extends downwardly from the latter may also be formed with arigidifying bead or rib 34.

The portions of the brace member between its upper end and the member29, between the members 29 and 30 and between the member 30 and itslower end are respectively disposed at progressively increasing anglesto the vertical. In other words the portion of the brace between themembers 29 and 30 form a greater angle with the vertical than heportionof the brace between the upper end thereof and the member 29,while the portion of the brace between the lower end thereof and themember 30 forms a still greater angle with the vertical. In this mannerthe distance between corresponding portions of the braces disposed onopposite sides of the car are greater than would be the case if thebraces extended in a straight line from one end to the other. t is to beobserved that the members 29 and 30 in tersect the brace adjacent thepoint-s where it changes in, direction so as to more effectively tie thebrace and side stake together and thereby produce an extremely rigid,construction.

At its lower end the brace is provided with an enlarged pad or footportion 35 to afl'ord convenient means whereby it may be rigidly securedto the cross bearer. To provide the pad 35 with plane surfaces theflange 25 of the brace and the ribs 34 thereof terminate adjacent theupper portion of the pad.

From the foregoing it will be perceived that I have devised simple andyet rugged and eflicient means for strengthening the sides of railwaycars, which means perform the function of a side stake and brace.Moreover, the general shape of the strengthening means is such as toprovide a maximum distance between those on one side of the car andthose on the other to permit free movement of unloading devices withinthe car.

I claim:

1. A railway car having side walls and strengthening means for saidwalls, each of said means comprising a side stake portion rigid with theadjacent side wall and a brace portion extending downwardly and inwardlyfrom adjacent the upper end of the side stake portion, said portionsbeing rigidly connected by a plurality of members disposed intermediatethe ends of the brace portion.

2. A railway car having side walls and strengthening means for said sidewalls, each of said means comprising a side stake portion rigid with theadjacent side wall, a brace portion diverging downwardly from adjacentthe upper end of the side stake portion, and a plurality of membersintersecting the brace portion intermediate the ends of the latter forintegrally connecting said brace portion to said side stake portion.

3. A railway car having side walls and strengthening means for said sidewalls, each of said means comprising a side stake portion rigid with theadjacent side wall, a brace portion diverging downwardly from adjacentthe upper end of the side stake portion, and means intermediate the endsof said braceportion and extending at an angle thereto for integrallyconnecting the latter with the side stake, said last-named meanscomprising a plurality of members one of which intersects the side stakeportion adjacent its lower end.

4:. A railway oar having side walls and strengthening means for saidside walls, each of said means comprising a side stake portion rigidwith the adjacent side wall, a brace portion diverging downwardly fromadjacent the upper end of the side stake portion, and a plurality ofmembers intermediate the ends of said brace portion and extending at anangle thereto for integrally connecting the latter to the side stakeportion, one of said members extending at an oblique angle to the sidestake portion and the other extending at a substantially right anglethereto.

5. A railway car having side walls and strengthening means for said sidewalls, each of said means comprising a side stake portion rigid with theadjacent side wall, a brace portion diverging downwardly from adjacentthe upper end of the side stake portion, and a plurality of verticallyspaced angularly disposed members integrally connecting said brace andside stake portion, one of said members extending upwardly from adjacentthe lower end of the side stake portion and the other of said membersbeing disposed intermediate the first named member and the upper ends ofsaid portions and extending in a substantially horizontal direction.

6. In a railway car, the combination with the side walls thereof, ofside stakes rigid with the side walls, each of said side stakes beingprovided with a downwardly and inwardly extending member for bracing thead j acent side wall, and a plurality of vertically spaced membersconnecting each side stake and its associated brace, the portion of thebrace between said members extending at an angle to the respectiveportions of the brace between the ends thereof and said members.

7. In a railway car, the combination with side walls respectivelyinvolving side sheets, top rails and side sills, of side stakes rigidwith said side walls, a cross bearer rigidly secured to side stakes onopposite sides of the car, each of said side stakes being provided witha brace member extending downwardly and inwardly from adjacent the upperportion thereof, said stake and brace being integrally connected by aplurality of angularly disposed members and said brace being rigidlysecured to the cross bearer.

8. In a railway car, the combination with side walls respectivelyinvolving side sheets, top rails and side sills, of side stakes rigidwith said side walls, a cross bearer rigidly secured to side stakes onopposite sides of the car, and members for bracing the side wallsextending downwardly from adjacent the upper ends of the respective sidestakes, and a plurality of members disposed intermediate the ends ofeach brace for integrally connecting the latter to its associated sidestake, one of said members extending upwardly from adjacent theneighboring end of the cross bearer.

9. In a railway car, the combination with side walls respectivelyinvolving side sheets, top rails and side sills, of side stakes rigidwith said side walls, a cross bearer rigidly secured to side stakes onopposite sides of the car, each of said side stakes being provided witha member extending downwardly and inwardly from adjacent its upward endfor bracing the adjacent side wall, and a plurality of vertically spacedangularly disposed members integrally connecting the brace and sidestake, one of said members extending substantially normal to the sidestake.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM E. WINE.

